2024 AVIATION Forum Day 2: F360-12 Bridging Skies and Roads
This discussion identified the challenges of integrating aviation, including Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations, as part of a multi-modal transportation system.
Challenges included seamless connectivity, business case considerations, urban and regional planning needs, flight scheduling, vertiport placement, regional airport utilization, and policy implications. The session highlighted how urban planners and policymakers prepared to handle the influx of air mobility traffic and identified relevant areas where research and industry innovation could provide guidance and support.
Adam Cohen, Senior Researcher, Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University
Ryan Naru, Aviation Policy and Regulatory Affairs Lead, Joby Aviation
Brandon Rakes, Airport Director, Chehalis-Centralia Airport
Ann Richart, Aviation Director, Washington State Department of Transportation
Ralph Tamburro, Program Manager for Delay Reduction, Aviation Department, The Port Authority of NY & NJ